On May 24–28, 2021 the First Kostomarovsky Forum was held in Moscow under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. The event was organized by the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute.
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Margiana is an ancient kingdom that existed in the territory of today’s Turkmenistan in 5–3rd centuries BC. Margiana was first mentioned in writing in Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrianism, under the name of Mouru, while the Persians called it Margush.
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On October 30, 1921, the first classes were delivered under the roof of the Belarusian State University. It is this date that marks the beginning of the history of the oldest university in the Republic. The centenary of BSU is included in the list of UNESCO commemorative dates, which makes it an event of international dimension. Numerous rankings confirm the university’s remarkable contribution to the development of world education and science.
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The «Kologrievsky Forest Reserve» was created in order to preserve, restore and study the only primeval landscape of the Southern taiga zone in the European part of the Russian Federation.
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Mountain Mari are a sub-ethnic group of the small Finno-Ugric Mari people. Most of the mountain Mari live on the land of their ancestors in the mountainous regions of the Republic of Mari-El, located in the center of the European part of Russia. Many interesting and distinctive rituals have survived to this day in the traditional culture of this ancient people, one of which is marriage ceremony.
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Construction ceramics is one of the most striking bearers of the civilisational impulse. Like architecture, it acts as a civilisation’s “dress code”. Historically, the most Russian type of construction ceramics are glazed tiles.
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The Russian folk toy is more than just a toy. It is a symbol of the original culture of a particular Russian region. It is for a reason that the folk toy has turned from an artless object of children’s play into a museum exhibit and the object of close attention of ethnographers, historians, and art critics.
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A red sarafan, a twig of a birch tree, and a wave of a turquoise kerchief. All of these are the elements of maiden’s round dance, with which the Beryozka first performed in Hermitage Garden in 1948. The dance became not just a symbol of the ensemble. The great Russian choreographer Nadezhda Nadezhdina created a masterpiece that embodies all the beauty and the very essence of the Russian soul.
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By the middle of the 13th century, the area of the Lower Volga region was conquered by the Mongol-Tatars and became part of the newly formed powerful feudal state the Golden Horde. The Volga-Akhtubinskaya floodplain was an important section of medieval trade routes. The two largest trade routes crossed here. One went along the Volga River, the other was a caravan route from Khorezm to the Black Sea region.
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In 2021, the All-Russian Artistic Scientific Restoration Center celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of its founder Igor Grabar. Many people know him as a painter, a representative of Russian impressionism, a member of the leading artistic associations of the time, “World of Art” and “Union of Russian Artists”. But the work of Igor Grabar was not limited only to painting.
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